Chatham, Quebec (1851 census)

Chatham was a census subdivision in Quebec, recorded in the 1851 Census of Canada with a population of 3,167. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q29305765. The administrative centroid was at approximately 45.670°N, 74.442°W.

Population

In 1851, Chatham had a population of 3,167: 1,653 male and 1,514 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1851

In the 1851 census, Chatham shared boundaries with:

• Gore
• Grenville
• Lachute
• St. André
• Wentworth

Full census record, 1851

The 1851 census recorded 196 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 6 categories.

Population & families (1851). This community's record includes 3,167 total population, 1,653 males, Male members of the family who are present: 1,601, 1,514 females, Female members of the family who are present: 1,458, 1,145 single males, 984 single females, 554 families, 490 married females, 484 married males, 170 males attending school, 141 females attending school, 67 male births, 65 female births, Females present who are not members of the family: 56, Males present who are not members of the family: 52, 40 widowed females, 24 widowed males, Male members of the family who are present: 9, Female members of the family who are absent: 5, 5 deaf and dumb males, 3 deaf and dumb females, 3 lunatic males, 2 blind females, 1 lunatic females. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Age structure (1851). This community's record includes 261 males aged 5 to 10, 240 females aged 5 to 10, 202 single males aged 10 to 15, 168 single females aged 10 to 15, 164 single males aged 15 to 20, 161 married females aged 20 to 30, 157 single females aged 15 to 20, 134 married males aged 30 to 40, 127 married females aged 30 to 40, 124 single males aged 20 to 30, 113 married males aged 20 to 30, 99 married males aged 40 to 50, 92 single females aged 20 to 30, 90 married females aged 40 to 50, 86 married males aged 50 to 60, 85 males aged 1 to 2, 81 males aged 3 to 4, 75 males under age 1, 73 females under age 1, 71 females aged 1 to 2, 63 males aged 2 to 3, 63 males aged 4 to 5, 57 married females aged 50 to 60, 56 females age 3 to 4, 53 females aged 4 to 5, 52 females aged 2 to 3, 41 married males aged 60 to 70, 30 married females aged 60 to 70, 24 married females aged 15 to 20, 14 single males aged 30 to 40, 12 single females aged 30 to 40, 11 widowed females aged 50 to 60, 9 married males aged 70 to 80, 8 single males aged 40 to 50, 8 widowed females aged 60 to 70, 7 widowed females aged 40 to 50, 7 widowed males aged 60 to 70, 6 widowed females aged 20 to 30, 5 single females aged 40 to 50, 5 widowed males aged 40 to 50, 4 single females aged 50 to 60, 4 widowed females aged 30 to 40, 4 widowed females aged 70 to 80, 4 widowed males aged 70 to 80, 3 single males aged 50 to 60, 3 widowed males aged 50 to 60, 2 married males aged 15 to 20, 2 single males aged 60 to 70, 2 widowed males aged 30 to 40, 1 married females aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 20 to 30, 1 widowed males aged 80 to 90, 1 widowed males aged 90 to 100. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1851). This community's record includes 1,461 persons native to Canada, not of French origin, 878 French Canadians, 356 persons originating in Ireland, 322 persons originating in Scotland, 111 persons originating in England or Wales, 30 persons originating in the United States, 3 persons originating in all other places, 2 persons originating in Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island, 1 persons originating in France, 1 persons originating in Germany or Holland, 1 persons originating in Spain or Portugal, 1 persons originating in Sweden or Norway. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T1.)

Agriculture (1851). This community's record includes 437,117 tons of hay, 56,865 pounds of homemade butter, 40,750 acres of land in farms, 32,430 bushels of oats, 28,368 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 24,979 bushels of potatoes, 12,382 acres of farmland under cultivation, 7,362 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 6,842 bushels of wheat, 6,509 acres of farmland under crops, 5,860 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,771 pounds of wool produced on farms, 2,965 bushels of corn, 2,738 bushels of turnips, 2,474 bushels of peas, 2,258 sheep, 2,196 acres of oats, 1,342 milk cows, 1,037 swine, 1,033 bushels of buckwheat, 878 barrels of pork, 856 bushels of carrots, 824 pounds of maple sugar, 740 calves and heifers, 658 acres of wheat, 624 horses, 563 bushels of barley, 447 acres of potatoes, 431 bushels of rye, 370 occupants of farms, 268 bulls, oxen, or steers, 228 acres of peas, 212 barrels of beef, 188 persons living on farms between 50 and 100 acres, 158 acres of corn, 101 bushels of beans, 86 acres of buckwheat, 83 persons living on farms between 20 and 50 acres, 75 persons living on farms between 100 and 200 acres, 48 acres of barley, 42 acres of rye, 42 pounds of tobacco, 36 pounds of flax or hemp, 25 acres of turnips, 15 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 14 pounds of hops, 13 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 12 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 6 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 5 bushels of mangel wurtzel, 3 persons living on farms between 10 and 20 acres. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6.)

Manufacturing & industry (1851). This community's record includes 3,027 yards of flannel, $2,610 value capital returned by saw mills (pounds sterling), $2,500 value capital returned by grist mills (pounds sterling), 2,190 yards of fulled cloth, 400 carding and fulling mills returning capital, $300 value annual production or rent from saw mills (pounds sterling), 100 pounds of wool produced in carding and fulling mills, 12 yards of linen, 11 employees in grist mills, 11 employees in saw mills, 7 saw mills, 7 saw mills powered by water, 7 saw mills returning capital, 4 grist mills, 4 grist mills powered by water, 4 grist mills returning capital, 3 employees in carding and fulling mills, 3 grist mills not reporting, 3 saw mills reporting annual production, 2 carding and fulling mills, 2 saw mills not reporting, 2 saw mills reporting value of annual production or rent, 1 carding and fulling mills not reporting, 1 carding and fulling mills reporting, 1 distilleries, 1 grist mills reporting annual production,   grist mills powered by steam,   grist mills reporting daily production,   grist mills reporting value of annual production or rent,   grist mills reporting weekly production,   saw mills powered by steam, $  value annual production or rent from grist mills (pounds sterling),   yards of cloth produced in carding and fulling mills. 310,000 feet of lumber produced per year by saw mills reporting annual production. 500 barrels of flour produced per year by grist mills reporting annual production.   barrels of flour produced per day by grist mills reporting daily production.   barrels of flour produced per week by grist mills reporting weekly production. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V2T6; V2T7.) The 1851 enumerator also recorded 1 distilleries not reporting — single-county tallies of limited cross-year comparability.

Deaths & mortality (1851). This community's record includes 18 total number of deaths, Deaths in the past year among males of all ages: 12, Deaths in the past year among females of all ages: 6, Deaths in the past year among males aged 20 to 30: 3, Deaths in the past year among females aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among males aged 5 to 10: 2, Deaths in the past year among females aged 20 to 30: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among females aged 30 to 40: 1, Deaths in the past year among females under age 1: 1, Deaths in the past year among males age 3 to 4: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 1 to 2: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 10 to 15: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 40 to 50: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 50 to 60: 1, Deaths in the past year among males aged 80 to 90: 1, Deaths in the past year among males of unknown age: 1. (Source: 1851 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC080013 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC037002 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q29305765

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1851 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Chatham, Quebec (1851 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/chatham-qc080013-1851/.